Hook for garments



Patented July 27, 1926. i,

l Thisinvention relates' to hooks eyes for garments and the like and theimproye# ment pertains particularly to anovelgconf` struction Vandarrangement of parts 'of ,the

' sults'- aref obtained, .Y-namely, vadditional ofi thehoolriisqsecurely `.held 'down Lto,y .the tape or fabric,andthefabricis,` prevented l@ from .slipping baclr #over the shank ofthe hook, thereby giving an'eat latclosingand .y preventing thegarment.y gaping.l l

, Another result vof mydnvention `a` 7hook having'theA above namedadvantagesv can be puton the tape or fabric with one My constructionalso enables the/use vof aA j large area riveting/or backing plateif de#sired, sol that' there can be unusually eective frictional ContactVbetween the hookV andv the fabric and the plate, and greater hold-fiing effect.` i, A still furtherv new result of myn improvement is tofacilitatehooking together the eyeand hook and toprevent tearing.v

` i All of the foregoingiresultsare lattained'- 1"" by my invention.` Y

`The preferredmeans by which theseiresults are `obtained will V'now bedescribed v'and claimed. f 1 In th'e'drawingeFig. l is a plan view of'85 the preferred form of my im roved hook;

v ',Fig. 2 is a side view of e` hook shown i in Fig. 1. v

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form.

As is clearly shown in the drawings, my,

Ofimprovement consists in certain modifications of the structure of theordinary hook now in common use. Such hooks are usually made by bendinga wire toprovide eyelets 1y .i and .Zsid'e by side at the base, abll 3,and 45 the usual tongue 4, which maybe made with Y or without a 'hump orprojection 5, asis 1 j well lmowninthearte' l `l Heretofore the end "of,the tongue4 hasl lusually terminated between the 'two longil6. lIt ifspreferablyformed byV extending the y .50 tudinal members that form thebill 3. Some-V times the end of the 'tongue terminates be- -tween thetwoybottom lmembers yof the bill f vand sometimes it is bent upwardly andrearl wardly and terminatesbetween the two up- 55 f per members of thebill. In either. case, that v 1s, wherever the tongue termina-tes`between ,g i `i IT ED NT l @weer @me or n 'Y l V ...f;- LIVHooir-ro:iaidan y oithe bill,-

' of the hook, thereby `causingvthe hoolr .to be#y GIN W ayi'roirIGAir.

y ec: .7. beams@ "Qffytheg.habltgoith@ tongue@ to. become bentoutlotfthe plane Qfiih se ous. olv.

ing'flushbetweenL the two Qside` members tears them. Especiallyl is thishappenrdurngtheleanineef.the geraamte i The handling tofwhch; the.serment .is-.suba

jected in laundries is one ofthe fabricflisrbeeniinother.disadvantage.70

.pedients have ybeen employed,4 but none" of them, so far as I amaware,- haveL vaccomplished'V the double y purpose `of Y prevent-ing theendv of the tongue becomingdisplaced as lhas .just been .described,y andotholding the bill of the hook in place.v

.'Ihes'eimportant results =I attain by a sim?.` ple, yet vnovel means.fasten the hereto- 1 L` -tore free end of the'tongue, as well 4`asfitsbase,'securely vIto the fabric at one side of .80 the bill. The bill ofthe hook is alsothereby held down upon the fabric, but it cani` i yieldor spring suiciently to admitv the eye.- .Y vIt Will be noted 'in Figs.l an'df, that the eyelet l holds down one endof 4tongue "li and theeyelet- 6 secures itsjother end. f

A further advantage of my preferred Iconstruction, shown in l,y is thatthe part .[of'theextensionf of tongue 4i `which for-ins n the U-bend isbrought underneath the bill '90.'r

of the hook to'supnort' it, as;v at 8inl Figli. y The hook is not thenlikely to Ibe .pressed downV and ymade useless, as frequently occurswith ordinary hooks Awhen the 'garment is being ironed. f 1 g 95; In mypreferred embodiments' of Figs. l f Y and 3, the feyelet inthe end ofthetongue Inay be utilized as .a' stop" to prevent the fabric beingpushedback upon Ythe shank@y come` exposed and permittingthe edge'oi The 'neweyelet is indicated by numeral 10'5 endet the tongue 4 and bending theextension backupon itself.vv so Aastoenelose inthe U-bend thusformed'on'eof .the sides of the 'bm 3 and t0 Support thendtf .the bul.11u- *1" asA atl 8. The extremity of the extension isy thenpreferablyycurled to'fo'rmjthe Aeyelet P, i

e hook,v so .the end of thetongue,iiistead 50` lOCiy disposed in theysameeplane as the-,eyeletssl y and 2'of the ordinary hook.

Thus Iny hook may have three eyelets, instead of the usual two,.andi-Whenialloizthesef eyelets are riveted to a single baekinggplate 9,great additional strength to resistiipufllingf strains is imparted tothevhook. It is not possible for the bill of@ the hookl to^lift awayyfrom the tape or fabric and the third eyelet .inayj` be util-ized topfeifen-#fthe abfri'o from slippingf 'back on* the 'hook'. l

By=4 thefmean-sabbve ,described *I'h-ave produced a simple andinexpensive;l garment hook `that Vaccomplishes all of nahe-results setforth?. inf; theystatenaent ofthe objects of'- YmyA invention.

Having 4thusY describjedglnyinventiomA what I'- claiin ,anddesire tosecure-by--LlettersY PatL ent "is: i

l.' A* fabric-securing" hool 'of fthe class 3de# l scribed" havingeyelets at its` base andi a,

tongue` having-'its` main' portions centrally disposed and" its end'tportion' bentlaterally tofeXtend` under and constitute a support forth'e'billof said hook7 theend ofsaid tonguel formedy with an eyelet,said eyelet positioned at@ oneaside O' said.'y bill.-

2. A fabric-securing hook of the class deser'ibedi having eyelets at itsbase and a central tongue extending lengthwise the hool; for-aVpartfofth'eI length of said hook, the end porton of said tongue bentlaterallyto extend "underneath the bill o'fsaidhooknear its end;- theend portion o1 said* tongue forined'with an eyelet locatedlat one sideo'f-'said bill."

3. Awfabriseeuring hook oli-the elassde# scribedE having eyelets at vitsbasey and a tonguexhaving its lnain `portion centrallyy disposed; andits endfportion benft'laterally to extend undery and constitute afsupport f for the bill'offsa-idhoolg the *extremity offsaid tongueprojectinglaterally beyondlthe side of said bill, for the purposes setforth;

In'testimonywhereof, l aliX-lny signature.

LEGNARD T.` JENN'NGS;

